Physiology Essays

Vascular Reactivity in Hypertension
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd May 2017
Introduction: Vascular Reactivity in Hypertension Introduction High blood pressure (hypertension) is one of the most important preventable causes of morbidity and premature death in the world. The major risk factor...

Body Shape and Gender
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Apr 2017
Introduction: Body Shape and Gender differences in ratings. Introduction Body image is the way people perceive themselves and equally important, the way they think others perceive them. Body image is constantly cha...

Types of motivation
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Apr 2017
Introduction: Five Types of Motivation: Have you ever wondered what drives you, to want to become a better person? That feeling you get when you want to accomplish something that seems out of reach, that feeling th...

The effect of drugs on heart rate: Research experiment
Example essay. Last modified: 16th Mar 2017
Introduction: The water flea Daphnia pulex (see figure 1) is a small (1.1-3.5mm long ) crustacean commonly found in ponds in the United Kingdom. The full taxonomy of Daphnia pulux is as follows: Kingdom – Branc...

Pros and Cons of Pharmaceutical Patents
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd Mar 2017
Introduction: Pros and Cons of Pharmaceutical Patents Considering that patents were originally designed to protect the work of an individual, and that in the pharmaceutical industry it is usually the company that ...

Report on takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Example essay. Last modified: 22nd Jun 2015
Introduction: Abstract This is a report on Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. It includes details of the left ventricle, proposed mechanisms of the disease, reasons as to why certain regions are affected and some arenR...

Qualitative aspect of drug action
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Qualitative aspect of drug action – Schild plot Schild plot: Schild plot is defined as pharmacological method of receptor classification. By using schild plot dose-effect curve for an agonist i...

La creatividad
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Introduccion La creatividad es la llave que abre la puerta del desarrollo individual y colectivo, razón por la cual las naciones que han alcanzado un alto grado de desarrollo tecnológico, industrial...

Angina pectoris
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: 1.0 Summary Angina pectoris is the chest discomfort which occurs when the heart muscle could not received sufficient oxygenated blood. It is due to atherosclerosis which is the buildup of the plaq...

Transport across a membrane
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Transport across a membrane occurs by one of two opposite means, actively or passively. Active transport requires the cell to utilise cellular energy in the form of ATP, in order to employ protein pum...

The Physiological Demands Of Association Football
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Association football at the elite level has developed vastly over recent years and many studies into match performance and training have been performed. It is clear that this research has enabled scie...

De van Mesdag kliniek
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Beschrijving van de instelling[1] De van Mesdag kliniek is een zelfstandig forensisch psychiatrisch centrum, oftewel, een TBS-kliniek. Sinds twee jaar valt deze niet meer onder justitie. Echter, heeft...

Airborne infectious disease
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease which is caused by bacteria belonging to Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex1. There are approximately one third of the world’s population ar...

The act of labeling people with mental illness
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Human begins have been labeling people since the beginning of time. It is human nature to put labels on people in an attempt to better understand someone. People us labeling for example when the...

The bystander effect
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: “And of Clay We Are Created,” written by Isabel Allende, explores what social psychologists refer to as the bystander effect. In the story, Azucena is a little girl who is trapped in the m...

Process of natural and sexual selection
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Explain, with examples, how the process of natural selection and sexual selection are thought to have contributed to modern-day behaviour.“Evolution: The gradual process by which species develop fr...

Classification of the human senses
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Abstract All known human senses are of extreme importance and relevance during employee selection. In this paper, a brief depiction of each sense is presented; the importance, relevance and influence ...

Understanding Skeletal Muscle Contraction Physiology Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Introduction Muscle contractions are a result of the buildup of tension within the muscle, and for muscles to contract, they must have a continuous supply of energy in the form of a molecule called ad...

Self help support groups
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: SELF HELP SUPPORT GROUPS Self-help groups, also known as mutual help, mutual aid, or support groups, are groups of people who provide mutual support for each other. In a self-help group, the members...

The impact of self-worth on student academic performance
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: The conventional symbol of proficient university graduates career has been the acquisition of a 'good' degree, underlying......

Gene-ablation and other genetic technique
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: How has the use of gene-ablation and other genetic techniques in mice altered our approach to scientific problems in pharmacology and physiology? 280 pts (8-12 pages, 11pt Arial font, double spaced)...

Gay marriage ethics
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Introduction The issue of civil rights for gays and lesbians, one in particular marriage; although many religious conservatives wish it would, will not go away. One of the reasons, for this is that ...

History of terrorism
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Terrorist acts or the threat of such action have been in existence for centuries. Historical examples of terrorist events can be traced, in writing, to biblical times; the Romans were known to have bo...

Effects of pilocarpine and atropine on heart rate
Example essay. Last modified: 1st Jan 2015
Introduction: Abstract Heart rate is controlled in a normal heart by the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. Pilocarpine and atropine are cholinergic drugs that affect heart rate by affecting the ace...